Container member supply device

Abstract

A container member supply device has favorable workability at a time of disassembly and washing and suppresses the occurrence of abrasion powder in a container member. A container member supply device includes: a container member separation unit that supplies a container member having a flange at a peripheral edge thereof to a pocket of a container member conveyance turret, one by one, wherein the container member separation unit has a plurality of cutout parts, and one of the plurality of cutout parts is constituted by a cutout groove that is integrally provided on an upper outer periphery of the container member conveyance turret and engages with a flange of a container member.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A container member supply device comprising:
 a container member conveyance turret having a plurality of pockets; 
 a container member separation unit comprising a container member holder configured to hold a plurality of container members in a vertically stacked state; 
 wherein the container member separation unit is configured to supply the plurality of container members downward to the plurality of pockets one by one; 
 wherein a cutout groove is integrally provided on an upper outer periphery of the container member conveyance turret and is configured to cut out a bottom one of the container members from another one of the container members one by one. 
 
     
     
       2. The container member supply device according to  claim 1 , wherein the container member separation unit further comprises a cutout roll, and a cutout groove is provided on an outer periphery of the cutout roll and is configured to engage with a flange of the container members. 
     
     
       3. The container member supply device according to  claim 1 , wherein the container member separation unit is configured to deliver each of the container members in a substantially horizontal posture into a respective one of the plurality of pockets while maintaining each of the container members in a substantially horizontal posture. 
     
     
       4. The container member supply device according to  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of container members are lids to be seamed to a can.